28ASpecial education schools support—non‑government element

28A Special education schools support—non‑government element

(1) The Minister may, by determination in writing, authorise the payment to a State, for the program year 1991 and subsequent program years, of an amount by way of financial assistance to the State for that year for recurrent expenditure, expenditure on integration activities and expenditure on minor capital projects, being expenditure in connection with special education provided at or in connection with a non‑government school, or a non‑government centre, in the State. (2) An amount paid to a State under subsection (1) for a program year must not exceed the amount set out, opposite the name of the State, in column 3 of Schedule 5 in relation to the year. (3) Financial assistance for a program year is granted to a State under subsection (1) in connection with a non‑government school or a non‑government centre:

(a) on the condition that, subject to paragraph (b), the State will, as soon as possible, pay the approved authority of the school or the centre an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under subsection (1) in connection with the school or centre and, when making the payment, will identify the amount paid as a payment made out of money paid to the State by the Commonwealth under subsection (1); and

(b) on the condition that the State will only make a payment to the approved authority of the school or the centre if the approved authority has entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth for that year, or for a number of years including that year, being an agreement of a kind specified by the Minister; and

(c) on the additional conditions applicable under section 29.